Dude pulled a fade, first check countries with no extradition treaties with the US.

Russia's actually not a bad guess, reasonably willing to shelter someone in exchange for intelligence info but not a part of the world known for dealing in bad faith or arbitrarily killing/kidnapping westerners for the hell of it like the middle east. Just antagonistic enough toward the US's meddling that it wouldn't go out of its way to make a deal if they officially have him, or bother to hunt down private citizens that might be sheltering him.

All right now, for all you boppers out there in the big world, all you street people with an ear for the action, I've been asked to relay a request from the US Government. It's a special for Edward Snowden, that real live one from Booz Allen, and I do mean Edward Snowden. Here's a hit with them in mind.

/Extra points for the person who can connect this post to the headline.

Jim_Callahan:Russia's actually not a bad guess, reasonably willing to shelter someone in exchange for intelligence info but not a part of the world known for dealing in bad faith or arbitrarily killing/kidnapping westerners for the hell of it like the middle east. Just antagonistic enough toward the US's meddling that it wouldn't go out of its way to make a deal if they officially have him, or bother to hunt down private citizens that might be sheltering him.

He'll probably end up in South America. Venezuela or Ecuador. The whole continent is basically non-extradition, and plus there's the babe factor.

All right now, for all you boppers out there in the big world, all you street people with an ear for the action, I've been asked to relay a request from the US Government. It's a special for Edward Snowden, that real live one from Booz Allen, and I do mean Edward Snowden. Here's a hit with them in mind.

/Extra points for the person who can connect this post to the headline.

dittybopper:All right now, for all you boppers out there in the big world, all you street people with an ear for the action, I've been asked to relay a request from the US Government. It's a special for Edward Snowden, that real live one from Booz Allen, and I do mean Edward Snowden. Here's a hit with them in mind.

/Extra points for the person who can connect this post to the headline.

Warriors. Come out and playeeee. Somewhere out on that horizon. Nowhere to run to baby.

All right now, for all you boppers out there in the big world, all you street people with an ear for the action, I've been asked to relay a request from the US Government. It's a special for Edward Snowden, that real live one from Booz Allen, and I do mean Edward Snowden. Here's a hit with them in mind.

/Extra points for the person who can connect this post to the headline.

Jim_Callahan:Dude pulled a fade, first check countries with no extradition treaties with the US.

You can follow it up with countries that have treaties, but also have good reason to make our bureaucrats pound sand (after we spied on them, or worse).We treat allies like vassal states and then expect the same compliance from our enemies. No doubt the're relishing the schadenfreude while we pout like angry children. "You don't have the right paperwork" is the politically correct way of saying "fark off".

My guess: He's kicking back in a hotel in moscow waiting to hear if Iceland or somewhere equally stable will take his case. Long term safety in Ecuador and Cuba would be dependant on their leaderships health and lackluster militaries, making them poor choices if you're trying to dodge a black helicopter.

If I was wanted by powerful nations, I certainly wouldn't hop on a flight surrounded by "foreign reporters" that then had to weave its way past a dozen allied nations just to reach safety. One mechanical problem or unruly passenger and he's on his way being lost in our legal system.

way south:Jim_Callahan: Dude pulled a fade, first check countries with no extradition treaties with the US.

You can follow it up with countries that have treaties, but also have good reason to make our bureaucrats pound sand (after we spied on them, or worse).We treat allies like vassal states and then expect the same compliance from our enemies. No doubt the're relishing the schadenfreude while we pout like angry children. "You don't have the right paperwork" is the politically correct way of saying "fark off".

My guess: He's kicking back in a hotel in moscow waiting to hear if Iceland or somewhere equally stable will take his case. Long term safety in Ecuador and Cuba would be dependant on their leaderships health and lackluster militaries, making them poor choices if you're trying to dodge a black helicopter.

If I was wanted by powerful nations, I certainly wouldn't hop on a flight surrounded by "foreign reporters" that then had to weave its way past a dozen allied nations just to reach safety. One mechanical problem or unruly passenger and he's on his way being lost in our legal system.

THIS. This dude is trolling the entire big scary intelligence apparatus, truly hilarious. John Kerry and the rest of the govt. are all "shocked"... SHOCKED, that countries we've treated like shiat won't play their game. Turns out the emperor has no clothes after all, and Ecuador/Iceland/Russia/China appear to be savoring the moment of disclosure. Every day that this guy remains free will hopefully be a day where people start to ask more questions about why we need all this shiat in the first place (and indeed, if it even works). Watching the American "elite" throw a tantrum because they cant shut this guy up is truly entertaining, and absolutely shows how weak they actually are once you strip away all the fear and secrecy that they like to hide behind.

SweetMama:My guess: The Russians have him. When he isn't being interrogated by Russian intelligence agents, he's shivering in a small uncomfortable cell in some remote part of Siberia.

Why would anybody think the Russians would let him go? Russians aren't like that.

Oh I doubt it, he's MUCH more valuable free. He's got the art of the "slow leak" down to an art apparently, and Putin is probably perfectly happy letting him roam the globe while releasing damning press every day.

Chitlenz - no. That would be frivolous, and Putin is anything but frivolous. They will take away his passport and put him in a small room and "debrief" him, and find out everything he knows about hacking into American networks. Then they will use that information to steal our state secrets. Any advantage we may have had in terms of technology or military superiority is now lost. The Russians got it all. Snowden handed it to them.

SweetMama:Chitlenz - no. That would be frivolous, and Putin is anything but frivolous. They will take away his passport and put him in a small room and "debrief" him, and find out everything he knows about hacking into American networks. Then they will use that information to steal our state secrets. Any advantage we may have had in terms of technology or military superiority is now lost. The Russians got it all. Snowden handed it to them.

That is certainly a whole lot of unsubstantiated bulljive and conjecture. Got any evidence, slim, or you just like the surveillance state's sweet embrace?

All right now, for all you boppers out there in the big world, all you street people with an ear for the action, I've been asked to relay a request from the US Government. It's a special for Edward Snowden, that real live one from Booz Allen, and I do mean Edward Snowden. Here's a hit with them in mind.

/Extra points for the person who can connect this post to the headline.

Robyr - I've been to Russia. It's different there. It's not like traveling in other countries. They don't just let anybody go through the airport who is in the mood to catch a connecting flight. It's not like that in Russia. Russians take security issues very seriously, and Snowden is both a threat and a windfall for them. They are not going to let him go. Not until they have extracted every secret he has.

SweetMama:Robyr - I've been to Russia. It's different there. It's not like traveling in other countries. They don't just let anybody go through the airport who is in the mood to catch a connecting flight. It's not like that in Russia. Russians take security issues very seriously, and Snowden is both a threat and a windfall for them. They are not going to let him go. Not until they have extracted every secret he has.

Robyr -- everything everybody is saying about Edward Snowden right now is conjecture. I just happen to think my conjecture is a bit more realistic. I think the Russians have him, and they are not going to let him go until they have gotten their hands on every last secret he knows. Right about now, I suspect Edward Snowden is thinking, oh my god... I've made a terrible mistake.

His plan was put into action LONG before we ever knew a single thing. He got the job in Hawaii specifically to set this plan in motion. (citation is ABC News). He then carefully started researching where to go, and how. Somehow managed to stash enough money in places that wouldn't be immediately locked down or seized. Obtained a passport that wasn't revoked until long after he started globetrotting. Obtained internet connections and cellphones that apparently can't be traced, or likewise shutdown.

He KNEW what he was doing. He knows so much about how people are tracked, and how those systems work that he long since learned how to circumvent them.And when he finally decided it was time to pull the trigger, it seems that all the people in authority, that are supposed to prevent this sort of thing, totally got caught with their pants down.

Now, considering that he has taken it this far, and planned things THIS well... What makes anyone in the world think he can be found? He will almost certainly assume a new identity and totally dissappear.

He'll probably shave his beard, get contacts, die his hair, and move back to Hawaii and start working for the NSA again. That would be a hoot. Clearly they didn't check his background carefully enough last time.

durbnpoisn:He'll probably shave his beard, get contacts, die his hair, and move back to Hawaii and start working for the NSA again. That would be a hoot. Clearly they didn't check his background carefully enough last time.

Do tell, what exactly was in Edward Snowden's background that should have excluded him from a job at the NSA?

All right now, for all you boppers out there in the big world, all you street people with an ear for the action, I've been asked to relay a request from the US Government. It's a special for Edward Snowden, that real live one from Booz Allen, and I do mean Edward Snowden. Here's a hit with them in mind.

/Extra points for the person who can connect this post to the headline.